Watercat M14-class landing craft

Class overview
Name	Watercat M14
Preceded by	Jurmo class landing craft
Succeeded by	Watercat M16
General characteristics
Type	landing craft, personnel
Displacement	17 tons
Length	15.4 m
Beam	4,00 m
Draught	less than 1 m
Installed power	2 x 525kW
Propulsion	Two Diesel 525 kW combined with waterjets
Speed	43 knots 35 knots (full load)
Range	250 nm
Troops	16
Crew	4
Armament	1× 12.7 mm NSV machine gun or 1× 40 mm grenade machine gun
Armour	Kevlar lining

The Watercat M14 landing craft is a type of military transport in use by the Royal Malaysian Police. The manufacturer is Marine Alutech Oy Ab, Finland

History

Jurmo class landing craft at Mathildedal

The Jurmo was the result of modernisation in the Finnish Navy in the late 90's. It was designed to replace the existing Uisko class landing craft. Its main purpose is landing and transportation operations for the Finnish Coastal Jaegers in all weather conditions. It has good maneuverability and can come to a full stop in only one ship length from top speed. Low draft makes it suitable for amphibious assault even in shallow waters.

The Watercat M14 can transport 5 tons of cargo or 16 men.

Operators

Malaysia

Royal Malaysian Police: 10 vessels of the Watercat M14 version.

Related development

• G class landing craft
• Uisko class landing craft
• Watercat M14 class landing craft

External links

• Finnish Defence Forces Website of The Finnish Defence Forces
• Marine Alutech Website of Marine Alutech
• [1] Video in Youtube